Snell, Bruno, 1896-1986.,
The discovery of the mind : the Greek origins of European thought / Bruno Snell ; translated by T.G. Rosenmeyer ; cover design by Ronald Clyne. - 1st Harper torchbook edition: 1960. - xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Harper torchbooks. Academy library ; TB 1018. . - Harper torchbooks. Academy library ; TB 1018. .
"The present translation is based on the second edition of Die Entdeckung des Geistes (Claassen und Goverts, Hamberg, 1948)."--P. vi. Reprint. Originally publsihed: Harvard University Press, 1953.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-323) and index.
Homer's view of man -- The Olympian gods -- The rise of the individual in the early Greek lyric -- Pindar's hymn to Zeus -- Myth and reality in Greek tragedy -- Aristophanes and aesthetic criticism -- Human knowledge and divine knowledge among the early Greeks -- The call to virtue : a brief chapter from Greek ethics -- From myth to logic : the role of the comparison -- The origin of scientific thought -- The discovery of Humanitas, and out attitude towards the Greeks -- Art and play in Callimachus -- Arcadia : the discovery of a spiritual landscape.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Thought and thinking.
Greece--Intellectual life.
Greece--Religion.
B181 / .S513 1960
The discovery of the mind : the Greek origins of European thought / Bruno Snell ; translated by T.G. Rosenmeyer ; cover design by Ronald Clyne. - 1st Harper torchbook edition: 1960. - xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - Harper torchbooks. Academy library ; TB 1018. . - Harper torchbooks. Academy library ; TB 1018. .
"The present translation is based on the second edition of Die Entdeckung des Geistes (Claassen und Goverts, Hamberg, 1948)."--P. vi. Reprint. Originally publsihed: Harvard University Press, 1953.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-323) and index.
Homer's view of man -- The Olympian gods -- The rise of the individual in the early Greek lyric -- Pindar's hymn to Zeus -- Myth and reality in Greek tragedy -- Aristophanes and aesthetic criticism -- Human knowledge and divine knowledge among the early Greeks -- The call to virtue : a brief chapter from Greek ethics -- From myth to logic : the role of the comparison -- The origin of scientific thought -- The discovery of Humanitas, and out attitude towards the Greeks -- Art and play in Callimachus -- Arcadia : the discovery of a spiritual landscape.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Thought and thinking.
Greece--Intellectual life.
Greece--Religion.
B181 / .S513 1960